Archive for April, 2012

How many times have I heard these kinds of statements; “I don’t want to go to church because it is full of hypocrites. Those people in there make me sick; you can’t trust any of them. I don’t want to have any part of them. I used to go there but no more, no way.” (more…)

Owls are amazing creatures. God has given them astonishing abilities, especially when it comes to their vision. For starters, their eyes are disproportionately large for their size, allowing them to capture vast mounts of light and a large range of vision to aid in their nocturnal hunting. Additionally, they are able to survey all around them by turning their heads up to 270 degrees which permits them to see behind them without rotating their torsos. This ability allows them to turn with negligible effort and minimizes the amount of noise made as it waits for its prey. In addition to all this the eyes can operate independent of each other allowing them to “multitask.” (more…)

When I teach young kids I often ask them to wait until the end of the story to ask questions. This helps eliminate hopping down the proverbial rabbit trail. A while back I taught about the importance of responding to God’s Word when you first hear it and I shared a story about a young boy in Southeast Asia who was the first in his family to accept Jesus as his savior. He was quick to share his new faith with his father, but the response was always the same—not today, maybe later. After about the third time the father said this in the story, one of the kids in my class blurted out with great excitement “I know! I know! It’s like ‘Free beer tomorrow’, but tomorrow never comes!” Okay, stay with me on this one. (more…)

When we ask a question about who someone is, we want to know who they are and what is their function or purpose. That is why we ask, “What do you do?” after we initially meet someone. Basically, we are asking them to “verify” their identity and their purpose in life. Think about it, how history has labeled many. Attila the Hun, Henry the Eighth, John the Baptist, Alexander the Great, Catherine the Great, Herod the Tetrarch, even Winnie the Pooh. The person’s (or bear’s) identity is stated and then an adjectival noun describing their primary nature. So when we ask that question of Jesus, we really need to ask, “Who is Jesus the Christ?” Jesus is His name, and the term the Christ, or Messiahaffirms His mission, that of Savior. (more…)